Gonçalo Dias

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Code Technology Design Life

February 2026

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detail.design

detail.design/

The role of design software

daniloleal.co/my-world/thinking/the-role-of-design-software

Novelty

rauno.me/craft/novelty

Why should type be fluid, anyway?

elisehe.in/2021/03/13/fluid-type

January 2026

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A Living Manual for Better Interfaces

www.userinterface.wiki/

December 2025

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You can’t design software you don’t work on

www.seangoedecke.com/you-cant-design-software-you-dont-work-on/

Design is more than code

linear.app/now/design-is-more-than-code

Size of Life

November 2025

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Anatomy of AI Input

ibelick.com/anatomy-ai-input

Design Credits Counter

www.robinn.io/posts/design-credits

sketches of chat as an interface for thinking

lelezhang.design/chat-explorations

October 2025

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Photo Gradient

photogradient.com/

Optical Alignment

jakub.kr/components/optical-alignment

7 Practical Animation Tips

emilkowal.ski/ui/7-practical-animation-tips

September 2025

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Craft in Product Design: A Framework for Evaluation

open.substack.com/pub/rongoldin/p/craft-in-product-design-a-framework

A new (or rather, old) approach to typography on the web

www.daybreak.studio/writing/adaline-typography

Web Interface Guidelines

August 2025

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What are OKLCH colors?

jakub.kr/components/oklch-colors

what grug know

www.grug.design/know

Hacking Image Interpolation for Fun and Profit

July 2025

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Don’t trust the (design) process

jennywen.ca/notes/dont-trust-the-design-process

MAKING SOFTWARE

www.makingsoftware.com/

Devouring Details

devouringdetails.com/

June 2025

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Is chat a good UI for AI? A Socratic dialogue

www.geoffreylitt.com/2025/06/29/chat-ai-dialogue

Designing in Rive with Vector Feathering

youtu.be/kVcbnEIRxV0

Design spacing tokens semantically

May 2025

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Honkish

benji.org/honkish

Building color palettes for the modern web

youtu.be/05vQ8HlU43Q

A conversation with Jony Ive

youtu.be/wLb9g_8r-mE

April 2025

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Good vs Great Animations

emilkowal.ski/ui/good-vs-great-animations

The Art of Making Useless Things Feel Priceless

youtu.be/63oErn-gKfU

The case against conversational interfaces

February 2025

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Developing Taste

emilkowal.ski/ui/developing-taste

Family Values

benji.org/family-values

January 2025

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How We Made MuseScore 4 - Music App Design is Challenging!

youtu.be/Qct6LKbneKQ

Progressive Reduction

newsletter.robhaisfield.com/p/progressive-reduction

neal.fun/size-of-life/

World in Dots

www.worldindots.com/

Animating Path Length

jakub.kr/work/path-length

Ten Principles for Good Design

tenprinciples.design/

vercel.com/design/guidelines

peterhrynkow.com/performance/2019/01/13/blowing-up-images-to-make-them-small.html

Calligrapher.ai: Realistic computer-generated handwriting

www.calligrapher.ai/

12 Principles of Animation

www.raphaelsalaja.com/library/12-principles-of-animation

Consistency

www.doc.cc/syntax/consistency

complementary.space

Historical Trails

maggieappleton.com/historical-trails

I don’t like anything

charliedeets.com/writings/like.html

Departure Mono

departuremono.com/

Meet Liquid Glass

developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2025/219

julian.digital/2025/03/27/the-case-against-conversational-interfaces/

User education

charliedeets.com/writings/usereducation.html

The timeless appeal of classic car design

www.thomasmoes.com/52obsessions/cars